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I like your positive outlook but finding it more and more difficult to smoke the same stuff you're enjoying !

If there's one thing I've learned during the course of this season so far, it's that I absolutely cannot predict what's going to happen week-to-week. It's a roller coaster in the dark. When Ben went down, I figured "game-over" against the Rats this weekend (no Ben, no Troy, no AB, possibly no Clark). So, here's to my first instinct being absolutely incorrect !

Resiliency unfortunately runs smack dab into a better opponent eventually. I want to find a glimmer of hope for the next 3-4 weeks but looking for those little flecks of gold panning through all that sand and rock is really hard right now.

Playing Fantasy Football does not qualify you to be the in the front office or on the coaching staff of the Pittsburgh Steelers. They are professionals and you are not!

We have the #7 scoring D. So the D will have to continue carrying us like it has.

Therein lies the problem. The "D" hasn't been carrying us and they don't have the ability to. This is not the defense of 3-5 years ago. It is just as likely to lay an egg (Oakland, Tennesse, etc) as have a dominant game.

Playing Fantasy Football does not qualify you to be the in the front office or on the coaching staff of the Pittsburgh Steelers. They are professionals and you are not!

Resiliency unfortunately runs smack dab into a better opponent eventually. I want to find a glimmer of hope for the next 3-4 weeks but looking for those little flecks of gold panning through all that sand and rock is really hard right now.

You want a glimmer of hope, I have a glimmer of hope, it's known as Cleveland!

Therein lies the problem. The "D" hasn't been carrying us and they don't have the ability to. This is not the defense of 3-5 years ago. It is just as likely to lay an egg (Oakland, Tennesse, etc) as have a dominant game.

I view the O's inability to score enough points as a bigger problem. Ben's got the biggest contract, yet we're not even in the top half of teams in terms of scoring.

Therein lies the problem. The "D" hasn't been carrying us and they don't have the ability to. This is not the defense of 3-5 years ago. It is just as likely to lay an egg (Oakland, Tennesse, etc) as have a dominant game.

It's not the defense we've seen in the past - the pass rush is not as good - but the D largely carried the day against the Giants.

What worries me is that the Ravens run game seems to be a bad matchup for this defense.